Approved this week
Administrators
One editor was granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: CactusWriter (nom).
Bots
Eleven bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Erik9bot (task request), AnomieBOT (task request), DrilBot (task request), SteveBot (task request), NukeBot (task request), SDPatrolBot (task request), Orphaned talkpage deletion bot (task request), Mr.Z-bot (task request), EarwigBot I (task request), PascalBot (task request) and, pending an User:Jarry1250/RFC on its operation, LivingBot (task request).
Operated by Chris G, Orphaned talkpage deletion bot is an adminbot that deletes orphaned talk pages that meet criteria set forth on its BRFA.
Featured pages
Eight articles were promoted to featured status this week: Gamma-ray burst (nom), Millennium '73 (nom), Government of the Han Dynasty (nom), Oberon (moon) (nom), Rosewood massacre (nom), Operation Perch (nom), Vauxhall Bridge (nom) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (nom).
Five lists were promoted to featured status this week: List of NBA game sevens (nom), List of Metal Gear media (nom), Australian Crawl discography (nom), 2007 World Series of Poker Europe results (nom) and List of PWG World Champions (nom).
No topics were promoted to featured status this week.
No portals were promoted to featured status this week.
The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: U2, Karmichael Hunt, La Peau de chagrin, Paulinus of York, Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine, SMS Von der Tann and Tropical cyclone.
Former featured pages
One article was delisted this week: Mumbai (nom).
Nine lists were delisted this week: List of awards and nominations received by Matchbox Twenty (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Korn (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Justice (nom), Walter A. Brown Trophy (nom), List of awards and nominations received by The Neptunes (nom), List of awards and nominations received by No Doubt (nom), List of awards and nominations received by Nirvana (nom), List of awards and nominations received by The Notorious B.I.G. (nom) and List of numbered highways in Amenia (CDP), New York (nom).
No topics were delisted this week.
Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Curculionidae, Eurasian Coot, Kew Gardens, L'Innocence, Browns Spider Monkey, Pioneertown, California and South Wind, Clear Sky.
No featured sounds were promoted this week.
No featured pictures were demoted this week.
Six pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.
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